- Demographics and clinical characteristics of the study participants (N=167).
| Characteristic | Descriptive statistics |
|---|---|
| Age, years; median (range) | 68 (18-108) |
| Gender | |
| Female | 79 (47.3) |
| Male | 88 (52.7) |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 132 (79.0) |
| Other | 35 (21.0) |
| Area of residency | |
| Western region | 152 (91.0) |
| Other | 15 (9.0) |
| Code status | |
| Full code | 80 (47.9) |
| Support care | 53 (31.7) |
| Comfort care | 34 (20.4) |
| Diagnosis | |
| Cancer | 165 (98.8) |
| Non-cancer | 2 (1.2) |
| Palliative / follow-up patients | |
| Palliative patient | 46 (27.5) |
| Follow-up patient | 121 (72.5) |
| Number of visits; median (range) | 2 (1-10) |
| Number of admissions; median (range) | 1 (0-9) |
| No admission | 65 (38.9) |
| One admission or more | 102 (61.1) |
| Number of ER visits, median (range) | 1 (0-21) |
| No ER visit | 62 (37.1) |
| One or more ER visit | 105 (62.9) |
| Specialty | |
| Medical oncology service | 72 (43.1) |
| Gynae-oncology | 17 (10.2) |
| Hematology | 19 (11.4) |
| Radiation | 28 (16.8) |
| Non-oncology service | 31 (18.6) |
Values are presented as number and percentages (%).